The Ocean Beach Historical Society Program Charles Curtis’ Adventures in Lomaland on July 21, 2011 brought lots of laughs and enthusiaum from a large crowd!
Charles “Chuck” Curtis found paradise at age 4 when he moved to the Theosophist community at Lomaland in Point Loma. He attended Madame Tingley’s school, later joined the navy and married a woman from a prominent Point Loma family. As a student, Charles would finish his school work so he could go play at Lomaland. It was his giant playground… with trees, beaches, animals, and other wonders of nature. Also, the campus’ beautiful white buildings and purple glass domes provided him constant entertainment and adventure.
The school gave Charles a strong basic education: An introduction to the arts and woodworking, and a horticultural background. The farming and sustainable workings of the Theosophists’ community helped him in creating his own wooded paradise (including Torrey Pines) on his picturesque property in Ramona, California.
Ocean Beach Historical Society 
From Tom Leech. At the 7/21 meeting I spoke about Don Hall, designer of the Spirit of St. Louis, and some recent action about him. Here’s the info.
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Back in 1967 I interviewed fellow San Diegan Don Hall, Ryan’s Chief Engineer and designer of Charles Lindbergh’s Spirit of St. Louis, the first to fly solo across the Atlantic. An abbreviated interview appeared in the newsletter I started and wrote for the San Diego AIAA Chapter (American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics). Hall, whom I believe resided in Pt. Loma.
I kept the original audio cassette of that interview and last year donated it to the Smithsonian Museum in DC. The most recent edition, July 2011, of their publication has that full interview, also online at
http://www.airspacemag.com/history-of-flight/A-Mailplane-for-Lindbergh.html
tomaseb@aol.com, http://www.presentations press.com
That was a great meeting! I especially enjoyed it since I, too, lived on that campus from 1966-1969 while attending Cal Western Univ/USIU.